Thank you Rick. I thought I'd deliver them to those who accepted to test them before advertising them here, but since you let the cat out of the box, here's the picture.



Wait until you've them in your hands!

Cheers,

Laurent

Zvezda forgot the Russian flag on the tail in their decal sheet. I have some unused ones printed for my Yak-42 kit and the size is about right. I will include them with the inlets.

Cheers,

Laurent

Jennings:

How nice.

When?

And how close are we to some of those other liveries?

@Laurent:
I´m interested in two sets of your fan disks. Where/when can I order them and how much will they cost?

Helmut

Jennings

Do you consider some other liveries?

URAL is my favorite for the Il 86

Gérard

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Jennings

Do you consider some other liveries?

URAL is my favorite for the Il 86

GŽrard

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It has already been announced by someone else (although I haven't seen any evidence yet).

J

Received with thanks!

A nice 5 x 1cm (2 x 1/2 in) "frame" with four extremely fine fan-and-inlet-vane assemblies. In feel, the photosensitive resin is midway between polystyrene and nylon. In look, it is like semitranslucent nylon (off-white to yellowish cream), with the silky-smooth surface of extra-finely ground Venetian glass. By looking at the parts, one cannot tell by what process they were made; in fact, more than anything, they appear organic in their elegant fragility -- like something that intelligent bees may manufacture. The parts are featherlight and fit the IL-86 nacelles superbly.

The finesse of the resulting fan/hub/inlet vanes cannot be surpassed by injection moulding. The fan blades overlap, for one (!), and the miniature gap between them and the vanes (1.5mm or 1/16th inch-ish) is so small, any combination of injection moulded parts would have been compromised (wall thickness and fitting flanges all eating into shape fidelity).

In short, the parts are positively poetic!

Now, one problem! How to paint them so as to do them justice. Detail is _so_ fine, the merest smear of excess paint risks defacing it...

Only six sets left from the first production run. I will deliver on a first come, first served basis.

The next production runs may not happen soon and prices may have to be raised. I will post a message when the initial batch is sold out anyway.

Cheers,

Laurent

None left! Thank you all for your confidence in the product.

I'll let you know when they become available again.

Laurent

The engines fitted to Il-62s also hve them. Am I right to say that Zvesda might be making a Il-62 sometime?

Rick, I haven't collected my set of Il-86 intakes yet, but I agree that there is a market out there for fabulous new detailed wonders..............

I wonder if it is possible to stereolithograph other detailed components; undercarriage legs and exhaust silencers/mixers for example............

Best, Terry (Caravellarella).

And let us not forget cascade type thrust reversers as fitted to VC10s, 727s, Il-86s, Il-62s (early), etc. Those have NEVER been done correctly on a model simply because they'd be so hard to mold. The VC-10 has a grille set down in a rectangular hole.

Those things positively SCREAM to be done using stereo lithography!

Hello, Laurent!? You listening??

J

I have a Modell Edition 727-100 in Lufthansa livery, it is true that they reproduced the cascade reverser grilles very cleverly.

Regards, Stéphane

Yes Jennings and Cesar, I am listening. Cesar, I'll announce the new batch of inlets when it is produced - as I said I am looking for a cheaper supplier.

As to other subjects - well, you suggested many, but what do you want first?

Laurent

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47 driver :
I believe herpa premium did the 27 cascade reversers ,nice Pan Am and United 27,s .regards al

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Sorry, I meant a real model (kit), not a die cast toy

J

Hello,
I want to buy 1 Sets, what will they cost and how much is the shipping to the USA? what is the paypal adresse?

Regards
Cesar

Please advise to:cesar1111@msn.com